I have decided on doing a comedy song for the variety performance and i have decided on the song Taylor the Latte Boy by Kristin Chenoweth because i think the song is funny to listen to especially on the way 'Taylors' responses are made, for example, 'How are you?' and 'Hey' are said in the typical 'cool' guy 'not bothered about girls' sort of voice and going from over the top girly, giddy with love voice and facial expressions i think makes it even better.
May 6th
I have been learning the lyrics to the song and understanding the humour and looking at the ways i can perform the song, for example, i could tell the story as if it's from a child's obsessive love towards their 'first love', i got this idea from the thinking of the singer thinking that 'Taylor' loves her after giving her a triple latte instead of double, or i could go the complete opposite and sing it in a stalker-y kind of way, i got this idea from the way she constantly documents the time '8:11' and the repetition of 'I love him'.
May 8th
I have decided to do the song as if it's like a young girls first love sort of thing. So because i've decided on this i am going to go for a 'dear diary' sort of theme, because in the song she calls the song her 'musical poem' so i thought that she could be writing it in her diary and getting all excited about this new found affection. This means i am going to get hold of a pink? really girly diary, a pen, and for costume i was either thinking pink pyjamas or just casual girly outfit.
May 13th
At first i was thinking of just using the instrumental version of the song i found on YouTube as my backing track but i have decided to ask Ben to play piano for me instead, and he has agreed to.
May 14th
I have been working on my vocals for the song because in a couple of the verses the notes are very high and at the moment i can only just hit them so hopefully i can improve on this and actually make them sound better. I have also been working on my timing of the song by going over it with the instrumental version on YouTube.
May 15th
I am using the comic technique 'Drop' in my song on the lines 'how are you?' and 'hey' which are in the voice of 'Taylor', because before these lines i am looking really enthusiastic and smiley and then when i speak these lines i go straight face, look out to the audience then pause and go back to the smiley, giddy in love character.
May 20th
Today we had a tech run through and each act told the people on sound and lighting what they wanted. For me because i don't really occupy a lot of the space i only want a single sort of spotlight downstage centre and a pinky wash as my song is very lovey dovey and girly twirly. :) I have also decided to go back to my original idea of using the backing track as i feel a lot more comfortable with it and it means i can practice more often.
May 21st
Today I practiced my song in the college practice rooms, I am still finding it very difficult to hit some of the very high notes in the song, I followed a couple of warm up exercises on YouTube and have found it a bit easier and I feel that every time I've practiced my voice is getting more comfortable with it.
Props:
pink diary with pictures of 'Taylor' in it
pen
Costume:
Lilac dress
Cardigan
Skin coloured tights
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